The list of building collapses continues. Go to http://twitter.com/KLWalls
Where is the engineering input and compliance with building codes?
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Building collapses - where is the engineering input?
One of many building collapses - Haiti
http://bildingblocks.blogspot.com/2008/11/building-collapse-in-haiti.html
Burundi, East Africa - 10 July 2009
http://www.congoo.com/news/2009July10/Fourteen-dead-partially-constructed-building
Barisal, Bangladesh - 12 July 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=593726&category=Social%20Sectors&Country=BANGLADESH
Lagos, Nigeria - 13 July 2009. More government legislation called for.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/homes_property/article15//indexn3_html?pdate=130709&ptitle=Engineers,%20others%20urge%20multi-disciplinary%20strategies%20to%20curb%20building%20collapse&cpdate=130709
Boston, USA - 13 July 2009
http://wbztv.com/local/huntington.avenue.building.2.1083188.html
Istanbul, Turkey - 14 July 2009
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=180853&bolum=100
Bridge collapse, India - 14 July 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h00UNGeKcIley2uxzOV0-lPAsuoQD99DBDDO0
Karachi, Pakistan - 15 July 2009 - collapse resulting from a fire
http://www.geo.tv/7-15-2009/46008.htm
House in Ahmedabad - 15 July 2009
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090715/1416/tnl-two-killed-in-building-collapse.html
East Delhi, India - 16 July 2009
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090715/1416/tnl-two-persons-injured-in-building-coll.html
Ogbomoso, Nigeria - 20 July 2009
http://www.tribune.com.ng/20072009/news/news5.html
http://bildingblocks.blogspot.com/2008/11/building-collapse-in-haiti.html
Burundi, East Africa - 10 July 2009
http://www.congoo.com/news/2009July10/Fourteen-dead-partially-constructed-building
Barisal, Bangladesh - 12 July 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=593726&category=Social%20Sectors&Country=BANGLADESH
Lagos, Nigeria - 13 July 2009. More government legislation called for.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/homes_property/article15//indexn3_html?pdate=130709&ptitle=Engineers,%20others%20urge%20multi-disciplinary%20strategies%20to%20curb%20building%20collapse&cpdate=130709
Boston, USA - 13 July 2009
http://wbztv.com/local/huntington.avenue.building.2.1083188.html
Istanbul, Turkey - 14 July 2009
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=180853&bolum=100
Bridge collapse, India - 14 July 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h00UNGeKcIley2uxzOV0-lPAsuoQD99DBDDO0
Karachi, Pakistan - 15 July 2009 - collapse resulting from a fire
http://www.geo.tv/7-15-2009/46008.htm
House in Ahmedabad - 15 July 2009
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090715/1416/tnl-two-killed-in-building-collapse.html
East Delhi, India - 16 July 2009
http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090715/1416/tnl-two-persons-injured-in-building-coll.html
Brazil - 19 July 2009
Ogbomoso, Nigeria - 20 July 2009
http://www.tribune.com.ng/20072009/news/news5.html
Traditional divine powershift from engineers to physicists?
Traditional divine powershift from engineers to physicists with a change in paradigm in relation to earthquake design for buildings?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=8112569&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=8112569&page=1
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Do you think the economic downturn could be positive?
The downturn could be positive from an environmental point of view. Doing more with less seems like a good idea for those of us concerned about an insatiable use of resources and the sustainability of the world. Developing better technology and doing things smarter in a recession should be an experience we could use in the long term, even when the economic situation has improved. Those companies that are in tune with this approach to business are going to be those who flourish in the future.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Six die in high-rise fire in London
Deja vu. Fire knows no political boundaries or differences between developed and developing countries.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/london.fire/index.html?eref=rss_latest
http://bildingblocks.blogspot.com/2009/02/fire-in-astrakhan-russia.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/london.fire/index.html?eref=rss_latest
http://bildingblocks.blogspot.com/2009/02/fire-in-astrakhan-russia.html
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